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Article: Montreal serves up flavor of Paris - without jet lag
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 10, 1986
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MONTREAL A native-born Canadian recently told me his theory about
U.S. travelers. They all have the same response to their first
glimpse of his country's nearly pristine cities:
"For a few days, they're delighted; they keep saying, `It's so
clean.' Then they ask `Why?' and begin to look for the dark
underbelly of the Canadian psyche."
I was in Montreal for five days this summer, courtesy of Air
Canada and the Quebec provincial tourist bureau, so I never got past
the "It's so clean" phase. But with so many other stock phrases -
"it's so lively, the women are so chic, the Metro's so quiet" -
rattling around in my head, I was no mood to look for darker motives.
With French the dominant ...